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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

When S broke his arm the Medical Center did give us a sling to use, but the strap really bothered his neck. That night I presented my son with a stack of fabric from my stash, he chose Nemo (thank you Maggie) and I got to work. Well, I got to work after hearing him explain how I needed to cut the fabric so he could see Nemo, Dorey, and a shark. He went over it twice - just to make sure I got it right. (Yeah, I'm pretty sure he inherited that one from me.)

Again, my pack rat nature ended up being a good thing. See that shoulder strap with the nice little closure? I took that off of a pair of jeans my mother gave me and squirrelled it away about eight years ago. The jeans were cut up and now live in a blue jean quilt but all the while that little strap survived two moves and then languished in a drawer in my sewing room - just waiting, knowing some day it would save the day.

Since the strap on the other sling was really bothering his neck, I covered this one with two layers of fleece that I inherited from my friend Wendy. There's that pack rat again...

Wearing the sling still isn't his favorite thing, but I think this one is at least tolerable.

9 comments:

hey, you don't know me, but I happened to stumble onto your blog (don't you love the WWW?) and I got hooked, because a) you're a crafter and you sew really cool stuff, and b) you live on Mackinac Island. I grew up just south of Flint, and Mackinac is one of my FAVORITE places in the world, so jealousy insists I keep reading what you post. :) I love this sling! It is seriously cool, and if either of my boys ever break their arm I might leave a comment asking for some instructions. Thank you for blogging, they're so fun to read!

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